Historical Events In April - 04
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891 on this day in history.
1821 On April - 04 linus Yale, US, portrait painter/inventor (Yale cylinder lock)
1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables) on April - 04.
1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) on this day in history.
1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City) on this day in history.
1831 Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
1832 Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido) on this day in history.
1836 On this day in history jerome Hopkins, composer
1841 William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68 on this day in history.
1843 On April - 04 hans Richter, composer
1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 on April - 04.
1850 On this day in history city of Los Angeles incorporated
1853 Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on April - 04.
1854 Sailors and Marines from sailing sloop, Plymouth, protect U.S. citizens at Shanghai on April - 04.
1858 Asteroid 54, Kalypso discovered (named for goddess of silence) on April - 04.
1858 On this day in history r Luther discovers asteroid #53 Kalypso
1859 On this day in history the opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris France)
1859 On this day in history opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)
1862 Battle of Yorktown begins on this day in history.
1862 On April - 04 uS begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
1862 Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45 on April - 04.
1864 On this day in history skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1865 On this day in history lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
1866 Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev on April - 04.
1866 On April - 04 george P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)
1870 Golden Gate Park established by City Order #800 on this day in history.
1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800 on April - 04.
1870 On this day in history george A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church
1872 Nikolai Amani, composer on April - 04.
1875 Jozef Szulc, composer on April - 04.
1876 On this day in history maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, Fauvist painter (Village in the Snow)
1879 On this day in history gabriel Groulez, composer
1881 Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls) on this day in history.
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